The so-called "AAA" industry is fueled by rampant greed. This is unsustainable.
Article: https://www.gamespace.com/no-index-follow/the-aaa-industrys-unending-unchecked-greed/

published:12 Feb 2018

views:76

One of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters was in a garment factory: a fire that killed nearly 300 people.
Two months later, Al Jazeera's discovered lax safety standards going unchecked in the industry.
In this exclusive report, one owner confessed to Al Jazeera that he is aware that his worker's lives are at risk.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

published:02 Nov 2012

views:12878

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that could save us is if due caution were observed and a framework installed to prevent such a thing from happening. Yet Vassar makes note that AI itself isn't the greatest risk to humanity. Rather, it's "the absence of social, intellectual frameworks" through which experts making key discoveries and drawing analytical conclusions can swiftly and convincingly communicate these ideas to the public.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://goo.gl/R58APd
FollowBigThink here:
YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink
Transcript: If greater than human artificial general intelligence is invented without due caution it is all but certain that the human species will be extinct in very short order. People have written extensively about why it is basically analytically compulsory to conclude that in the default scenario, in the absence of major surprising developments or concerted integrated effort in the long term artificial intelligence will replace humanity.
It’s the natural all but inevitable consequence of greater than human artificial intelligence that it ought to develop what Steve Omohundro has called basic AI drives and basic AI drives basically boils down to properties of any goal directed system. The obedience to the Von Neumann-Morgenstern decision theory suggests that one ought to do the things that you expect to have the best outcomes based on some value function. And that value function uniquely specifies some configuration of matter in the universe. And unless the value function that is built into an AI implicitly uniquely specifies a configuration of matter in the universe that conforms to our values which would require a great deal of planning to make that happen then given sufficient power we should expect an AI to reconfigure the universe in a manner that does not preserve our values. As far as I can tell this position is analytically compelling. It’s not a position that a person can intelligently honestly and reasonably be uncertain about.
Therefore, I conclude that the major global catastrophic threat to humanity is not AI but rather the absence of social, intellectual frameworks for people quickly and easily converging on analytically compelling conclusions. Nick Bostrom who recently wrote the book Superintelligence, Machine Superintelligence I believe was aware of the basic concerns associated with AI risk 20 years ago and wrote about them intelligently in a manner that ought to be sufficiently compelling to convince any thoughtful and open minded person. By ten years ago practically everything that is said in Machine Intelligence had been developed intellectually into a form that a person who was more skeptical and not willing to think for themselves but who was willing to listen to other people’s thoughts and merely critically scrutinize ought to have been convinced by. But instead Bostrom had to spend ten years more becoming the director of an incredibly prestigious institute and writing an incredibly rigorous meticulous book in order to get a still tiny number of people and still a minority of the world essentially most analytically capable people on to the right page on a topic that is from a philosophy perspective about as difficult as Plato’s issues in the Republic about how it’s possible for an object to be bigger than one thing and smaller than another even though bigness and smallness are opposites. We are talking about completely trivial conclusions and we are talking about the world’s greatest minds failing to adopt these conclusions when they are laid out analytically until an enormous body of prestige is placed behind them. [TRANSCRIPT TRUNCATED]
Directed/Produced by JonathanFowler, Elizabeth Rodd, and Dillon Fitton

published:24 Feb 2015

views:38137

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the world.
This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Click here to see 10 Mansions That No One Wants To Buy!! https://youtu.be/XASGVgYmRdI
Number 10: Agriculture.
There can be no denying that pesticides and other chemicals used by the agricultural industry pollute the environment. Studies continue to show the negative impact that these chemicals can have on local wildlife and water sources. There is no one single cause of agriculture pollution. Pesticides and fertilizers, contaminated water, soil erosion and sedimentation, and livestock diet and waste requirements can cause health related issues and have an effect on aquatic animals.
In 2016, the Guardian covered a report which stated that farming was the biggest cause of air pollution in Europe. The study at the heart of the 2016 Guardian article takes it a step further by highlighting the industries impact on air pollution. When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from other industries, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue of children and adults, causing breathing difficulties, and impaired lung and heart function…eventually leading premature expiration.
Number 9: Industrial Dumpsites.
It would be hard to put an exact number on the number of industrial dumpsites that exist in the world. Some countries are less forthcoming about the number of the large-scale dumpsites they have. Nevertheless, the polluting impact of these sites are well-known. Both open dumpsites and municipal landfills are used around the world, often containing scrap metal, agricultural waste, hospital and household waste, and chemical waste from industrial processes. The mixture of toxic substances and decaying organic material can impact the soil quality of the areas surrounding a landfill site. Add rain to the mix and the result is a serious contamination of the local ground water.
As a result, they are also the last place anyone would want to live, but unfortunately, as a 2017 study brought to light, around 15 million people live and work within huge municipal dump sites around the world. Many of these people who are born and raised in these environments only have an average life expectancy of around 35 years, and many face multiple health issues associated to pollution from dumpsites.
Number 8: FashionIndustry.
Before we talk about the fashion industy’s environmental impact, take a moment to like this video and join the Zero2Hero community by using the buttons below!
Fashion has been the focus of a lot of attention recently. News articles, websites and blogs have featured pieces about pollution in the fashion industry. In comparison to some of the other entries in this list, fashion is the most unlikely entry on this list. Nevertheless, ‘fast fashion’, is has having a considerable impact on the environment, and in particular, through water pollution.
Since the year 2000, global clothing production has more than doubled in size and, with thousands of new clothes lines a year, consumers are constantly encouraged to buy the newest item. A shocking amount of this ends up in landfill sites. The production and usage of the clothes also causes pollution. The production of clothes requires land for factories, cotton production for material, water and fuel for manufacturing, and there is the potential for lots of toxic chemicals for dyes and so on. Every time we wash them, thousands of plastic fibbers go down the drain and into the rivers, oceans, and according to some recent findings, even into the food chain.
Number 7: Dye Industry.
In close association with fashion, the dye industry is also a significant polluter. We find dyes in paints, textiles, inks, paper and plastics, which we all use every day.
One of the main polluting factors of the dye industries is water pollution which, in turn, has an impact on the local environment and population. The water waste from dye production carries a host of different chemicals. Chromium, lead, mercury, arsenic, as well as a host of other pollutants enter water sources after being directly dumped into surface water without treatment. It won’t take you long online to find photographs from alleged dye factories that run their waste directly into rivers, often causing a visible change in the water. Even without visible change, unchecked dumping of dye water waste has a massive impact on the local environments the factories are based in.
Number 6: ProductManufacturing.
As the developed world gets greedier and everyone else is catching up, more and more consumer products are being created to satisfy an ever-increasing need. This in turn creates a demand for product manufacturing.

published:16 Dec 2018

views:641

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
► Join us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any time
AUDIO PODCASTS
► Subscribe today: http://www.thomhartmann.com/podcast
FOLLOW THOM
► AMAZON : http://amzn.to/2hS4UwY
► BLOG : http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom/blog
► FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram/
► INSTAGRAM : http://www.instagram.com/Thom_Hartmann
► PATREON : http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann
► TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/thom_hartmann
► WEBSITE : http://www.thomhartmann.com
► YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thomhartmann
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Thom Hartmann Program is the leading progressive political talk radio show for political news and comment about Government politics, be it Liberal or Conservative, plus special guests and callers
✔ Amazon links are affiliate links

published:27 Mar 2018

views:2711

Robert Reich why military spending costs America so much money.
Watch More: The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►►
https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY
For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate
Follow Robert Reich:
Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich
Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich
Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. Because of this, they can make claims about miracle cures that go unchecked, and that consumers continue to fall for. But journalists have caught on to this scam.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss what’s happening.
This clip is from Ring of Fire. Find more information here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com
Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com
SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com
and
BUY all of your Amazon purchase thru our Amazon affiliate link: http://majorityreportkickback.com
LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport
FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM
SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/SamSeder
WATCH our LIVE show video stream: http://youtube.com/user/MajorityReportLIVE

published:12 Mar 2015

views:2034

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ensure a safe, sustainable, and inclusive future for all? Join some of the worlds top experts from business, civil society, and religion for a discussion about the important new ethical questions being raised by technology and how leaders can respond.

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming complacent or due to losing control of their emotions. In a stunning end to the Stage 2 Semi Finals, the Philadelphia Fusion came away with the win over the LondonSpitfire in Map 5.
However, they didn't play perfectly. The Fusion tend to get a little excited when they have an advantage. Their excitement leads to mistakes that opens the door for the enemy team to make a comeback. In this week's episode of Teamfight Spotlight, we analyze one such fight where the Fusion end up losing a 6v3 situation. Check it out!
ContentCreator: CANAS1AN
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/canas1an
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jwcanas1an
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CANAS1AN
---
For more Tempo Storm:
http://TempoStorm.com
https://twitter.com/Tempo_Storm
http://twitch.tv/team/TempoStorm
https://facebook.com/TempoStormHS
---
Tempo Storm is a global professional esports franchise at the forefront of the industry, leading strategic minds across the vast field of gaming.
Founded by Andrey Yanyuk ("reynad") out of his own pocket, the roster now stands among the most decorated of teams in esports, including championships in world-class tournaments; and features some of the best competitors and broadcast personalities in Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, the Fighting GameCommunity (FGC), League of Legends, and FIFA.

published:02 Apr 2018

views:600

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!! Believe it or not, the pharmaceutical industry has a few skeletons in their closet. I know…you’re surprised, right? As one of America’s largest industries, it should come as no surprise that pharmaceutical companies can sometimes do some shady things in the name of making more money. Here are ten things you didn’t know about the pharmaceutical industry. Stay tuned to number 1 to find out the marketing tactics they use to subliminally convince YOU to use their medications!
Reform is needed, with all of this corruption! Brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Find out which crazy foods you never knew were Genetically Modified! https://youtu.be/fYZYMESqjf0
Number 10: Unregulated Industry.
Taking a pill, using a cream, or drinking an elixir has been commonplace for centuries, but pharmaceuticals as an industry really only came about around two hundred years ago. In 1818, a chemist named Robert Shoemaker started developing pills and elixirs to help people with common medical issues, such as headaches and body pains. His products caught on quickly, and soon led to many more people developing “cures for what ails ya.”
The only problem? All of this activity went unchecked until the government developed the Federal Drug Administration, or FDA, in 1902. So, for about eighty years, anyone who thought their blend of whisky and rat poison, or…whatever was the cure for chest pains…could sell the stuff and get away with it! No questions asked, not even to determine if it was good whisky. If the FDA regulations don’t seem tough enough today, just imagine living in the pre-FDA days.
Number 9: Not-So Clinical Trials
While many companies publish the results of their clinical trials, some decide not to. I wonder why... An example of this came a few years back when Glasko Smith Kline was forced to publish the results of their clinical trials after their drug Paxil, an SSRI for depression and anxiety, was found to actually RAISE the likelihood of suicide in teens and young adults.
A pill for depression, of all things! After a lengthy court battle, GSK was forced to release the information that they knew the pill wasn’t nearly as effective as they had led the public to believe. This may sound like a victory for the people, but sadly, it’s just one lawsuit, covering one situation. As far as we know, many other companies, even GSK themselves, could have other unreleased clinical trials that we know nothing about. And chances are, we never will.
Number 8: DifferentName…Same PillSometimes product naming can be tough, especially if your company is full of scientists with little interest in fancy naming conventions. “Just call it ‘cash grab’ and let’s move on, already!”
Take ‘Prozac,’ for example. Developed as a pill for depression, the name sounds very professional and scientific. Unfortunately, the company noticed a significant lack of female customers, so they created ‘Seraphim,’ a pink coated version of the exact same pill. Now, it’s not impossible for customers to discover this clever trick, but sadly, this is a common practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Prozac sounds scientific and manly, while Seraphim sounds like the perfect pill for women. And somehow, this is okay.
So, the next time you see two medication ads that seem to be for the same type of pill, they very well may be.
Number 7: Political Lobbying
We’ve officially reached the “financial section” of our list now, and naturally, we’ll start with lobbying. Lobbying, in the most basic sense, is when companies send representative to hang out at the capital in DC to tell the lawmakers why they should pass or repeal certain laws. Usually, the reasoning includes large bags of cash, personally delivered to the hands of the lawmakers.
While many industries perform lobbying, the pharmaceutical takes it to the extreme. Big Pharma companies spent about $232 million in 2012 in political lobbying, alone! That’s far more than any other industry in the nation. With this money, they can get exclusive meetings with top lawmakers, and make “suggestions” of how to vote on upcoming laws, or even pitch a few ideas of their own. And at $232 million per year, maybe this is why the pills cost so much. Which brings me to...
Number 6: No LimitsEver wondered why your prescription costs so much more now than it did a few years ago? Maybe the chemicals in it are more expensive, or the processing costs have risen. Nope. Sometimes they just want more cash. While the FDA regulates many areas of the pharmaceutical industry, it does not touch pricing at all. This also explains why, if you ever talk to a friend who uses the same meds, you quickly discover that one of you is paying way more than the other.
Pricing issues can sometimes be the difference of double or triple the cost for seemingly no good reason, but sometimes the discrepancy is absurd. Take Daraprim for example.

Industry

Industry is the production of goods or services within an economy. The major source of revenue of a group or company is the indicator of its relevant industry. When a large group has multiple sources of revenue generation, it is considered to be working in different industries. Manufacturing industry became a key sector of production and labour in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, upsetting previous mercantile and feudal economies. This occurred through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the production of steel and coal.

Following the Industrial Revolution, possibly a third of the world's economic output is derived that is from manufacturing industries. Many developed countries and many developing/semi-developed countries (People's Republic of China, India etc.) depend significantly on manufacturing industry. Industries, the countries they reside in, and the economies of those countries are interlinked in a complex web of interdependence.

Industry station

Industry Metrolink is located at 600 S. Brea Canyon Road in Industry, California. It is owned and operated by the City of Industry. Metro and Foothill Transit provide connecting service at the station with lines 484 and 482, respectively. There are approximately 1,440 parking spaces available. Foothill 482 is a local bus route serving the area There is no rail service to this station on weekends, but connecting buses continue to run with a limited schedule. In 2011, the Industry station had the highest ridership in the Riverside line, averaging 1,378 daily boardings, representing 34.5% of all boardings for the Riverside line.

History

The City of Industry station opened on June 14, 1993, and built at a cost of $2.4 million. In 1994, the Riverside line, which then ran from downtown Los Angeles to the Industry station, had Metrolink's highest ridership per week, averaging 2,000 passengers. In 2012, 8,000 solar panels were installed to cover 940 parking spaces in an $11 million project that generates 2.2 megawatts (3,000hp) of electricity per hour. The project also included the installation of 64 electric car charging stations. Most of the funding came from Proposition 1A, although the South Coast Air Quality Management District also provided a $2 million grant.

Industry (band)

Industry was an American new wave band formed in 1978 in New York as Industrial Complex, their name later changing to Industry. In 1981, the band became commercial but disbanded three years later. Their only album was Stranger to Stranger, released in 1984 which included the hit single, "State of the Nation".

History

Industry was founded as Industrial Complex in 1978 by Mercury Caronia (drummer, vocalist, keyboard player, composer and studio engineer), Andrew Geyer (guitarist) and Sean Kelly (bass guitarist and backing vocalist). The band's name was later changed to Industry. Caronia and Geyer worked with experimental electronic music, odd time signatures, tape loops, synthesizers and innovative guitar playing into various methods of recording.

Like its predecessor, Victoria II allows for the player to take control of and manage a 19th-century state including its political, diplomatic, economic, military, and technological aspects. The game has many historical aspects to it, such as the ability to colonize places that, at the time, were not under any European power, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, and Northern Canada. The game's time frame is from 1836-1936.

Gameplay

Victoria II spans the globe from 1836 to the start of 1936 with over 200 playable nations. Like its predecessor, Victoria II focuses on internal management, covering the industrialization and social/political changes in a country with dozens of different government types. The game gives a lot of importance to the economy of a country by having a complex market system with over 50 types of goods and factories. While warfare is a component of the game it is not the primary focus as in other Paradox Interactive games such as the Hearts of Iron series.

The "AAA" Industry's Unending Unchecked Greed (SHANK'S TAKE)

The so-called "AAA" industry is fueled by rampant greed. This is unsustainable.
Article: https://www.gamespace.com/no-index-follow/the-aaa-industrys-unending-unchecked-greed/

2:41

Safety standards lax in Pakistan's garment industry

Safety standards lax in Pakistan's garment industry

Safety standards lax in Pakistan's garment industry

One of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters was in a garment factory: a fire that killed nearly 300 people.
Two months later, Al Jazeera's discovered lax safety standards going unchecked in the industry.
In this exclusive report, one owner confessed to Al Jazeera that he is aware that his worker's lives are at risk.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

6:47

Unchecked AI Will Bring On Human Extinction, with Michael Vassar

Unchecked AI Will Bring On Human Extinction, with Michael Vassar

Unchecked AI Will Bring On Human Extinction, with Michael Vassar

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that could save us is if due caution were observed and a framework installed to prevent such a thing from happening. Yet Vassar makes note that AI itself isn't the greatest risk to humanity. Rather, it's "the absence of social, intellectual frameworks" through which experts making key discoveries and drawing analytical conclusions can swiftly and convincingly communicate these ideas to the public.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://goo.gl/R58APd
FollowBigThink here:
YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink
Transcript: If greater than human artificial general intelligence is invented without due caution it is all but certain that the human species will be extinct in very short order. People have written extensively about why it is basically analytically compulsory to conclude that in the default scenario, in the absence of major surprising developments or concerted integrated effort in the long term artificial intelligence will replace humanity.
It’s the natural all but inevitable consequence of greater than human artificial intelligence that it ought to develop what Steve Omohundro has called basic AI drives and basic AI drives basically boils down to properties of any goal directed system. The obedience to the Von Neumann-Morgenstern decision theory suggests that one ought to do the things that you expect to have the best outcomes based on some value function. And that value function uniquely specifies some configuration of matter in the universe. And unless the value function that is built into an AI implicitly uniquely specifies a configuration of matter in the universe that conforms to our values which would require a great deal of planning to make that happen then given sufficient power we should expect an AI to reconfigure the universe in a manner that does not preserve our values. As far as I can tell this position is analytically compelling. It’s not a position that a person can intelligently honestly and reasonably be uncertain about.
Therefore, I conclude that the major global catastrophic threat to humanity is not AI but rather the absence of social, intellectual frameworks for people quickly and easily converging on analytically compelling conclusions. Nick Bostrom who recently wrote the book Superintelligence, Machine Superintelligence I believe was aware of the basic concerns associated with AI risk 20 years ago and wrote about them intelligently in a manner that ought to be sufficiently compelling to convince any thoughtful and open minded person. By ten years ago practically everything that is said in Machine Intelligence had been developed intellectually into a form that a person who was more skeptical and not willing to think for themselves but who was willing to listen to other people’s thoughts and merely critically scrutinize ought to have been convinced by. But instead Bostrom had to spend ten years more becoming the director of an incredibly prestigious institute and writing an incredibly rigorous meticulous book in order to get a still tiny number of people and still a minority of the world essentially most analytically capable people on to the right page on a topic that is from a philosophy perspective about as difficult as Plato’s issues in the Republic about how it’s possible for an object to be bigger than one thing and smaller than another even though bigness and smallness are opposites. We are talking about completely trivial conclusions and we are talking about the world’s greatest minds failing to adopt these conclusions when they are laid out analytically until an enormous body of prestige is placed behind them. [TRANSCRIPT TRUNCATED]
Directed/Produced by JonathanFowler, Elizabeth Rodd, and Dillon Fitton

12:02

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries!

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries!

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries!

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the world.
This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Click here to see 10 Mansions That No One Wants To Buy!! https://youtu.be/XASGVgYmRdI
Number 10: Agriculture.
There can be no denying that pesticides and other chemicals used by the agricultural industry pollute the environment. Studies continue to show the negative impact that these chemicals can have on local wildlife and water sources. There is no one single cause of agriculture pollution. Pesticides and fertilizers, contaminated water, soil erosion and sedimentation, and livestock diet and waste requirements can cause health related issues and have an effect on aquatic animals.
In 2016, the Guardian covered a report which stated that farming was the biggest cause of air pollution in Europe. The study at the heart of the 2016 Guardian article takes it a step further by highlighting the industries impact on air pollution. When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from other industries, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue of children and adults, causing breathing difficulties, and impaired lung and heart function…eventually leading premature expiration.
Number 9: Industrial Dumpsites.
It would be hard to put an exact number on the number of industrial dumpsites that exist in the world. Some countries are less forthcoming about the number of the large-scale dumpsites they have. Nevertheless, the polluting impact of these sites are well-known. Both open dumpsites and municipal landfills are used around the world, often containing scrap metal, agricultural waste, hospital and household waste, and chemical waste from industrial processes. The mixture of toxic substances and decaying organic material can impact the soil quality of the areas surrounding a landfill site. Add rain to the mix and the result is a serious contamination of the local ground water.
As a result, they are also the last place anyone would want to live, but unfortunately, as a 2017 study brought to light, around 15 million people live and work within huge municipal dump sites around the world. Many of these people who are born and raised in these environments only have an average life expectancy of around 35 years, and many face multiple health issues associated to pollution from dumpsites.
Number 8: FashionIndustry.
Before we talk about the fashion industy’s environmental impact, take a moment to like this video and join the Zero2Hero community by using the buttons below!
Fashion has been the focus of a lot of attention recently. News articles, websites and blogs have featured pieces about pollution in the fashion industry. In comparison to some of the other entries in this list, fashion is the most unlikely entry on this list. Nevertheless, ‘fast fashion’, is has having a considerable impact on the environment, and in particular, through water pollution.
Since the year 2000, global clothing production has more than doubled in size and, with thousands of new clothes lines a year, consumers are constantly encouraged to buy the newest item. A shocking amount of this ends up in landfill sites. The production and usage of the clothes also causes pollution. The production of clothes requires land for factories, cotton production for material, water and fuel for manufacturing, and there is the potential for lots of toxic chemicals for dyes and so on. Every time we wash them, thousands of plastic fibbers go down the drain and into the rivers, oceans, and according to some recent findings, even into the food chain.
Number 7: Dye Industry.
In close association with fashion, the dye industry is also a significant polluter. We find dyes in paints, textiles, inks, paper and plastics, which we all use every day.
One of the main polluting factors of the dye industries is water pollution which, in turn, has an impact on the local environment and population. The water waste from dye production carries a host of different chemicals. Chromium, lead, mercury, arsenic, as well as a host of other pollutants enter water sources after being directly dumped into surface water without treatment. It won’t take you long online to find photographs from alleged dye factories that run their waste directly into rivers, often causing a visible change in the water. Even without visible change, unchecked dumping of dye water waste has a massive impact on the local environments the factories are based in.
Number 6: ProductManufacturing.
As the developed world gets greedier and everyone else is catching up, more and more consumer products are being created to satisfy an ever-increasing need. This in turn creates a demand for product manufacturing.

5:48

Richard Wolff : An Unchecked Profit Motive and the Limits Of Regulation

Richard Wolff : An Unchecked Profit Motive and the Limits Of Regulation

Richard Wolff : An Unchecked Profit Motive and the Limits Of Regulation

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
► Join us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any time
AUDIO PODCASTS
► Subscribe today: http://www.thomhartmann.com/podcast
FOLLOW THOM
► AMAZON : http://amzn.to/2hS4UwY
► BLOG : http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom/blog
► FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram/
► INSTAGRAM : http://www.instagram.com/Thom_Hartmann
► PATREON : http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann
► TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/thom_hartmann
► WEBSITE : http://www.thomhartmann.com
► YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thomhartmann
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Thom Hartmann Program is the leading progressive political talk radio show for political news and comment about Government politics, be it Liberal or Conservative, plus special guests and callers
✔ Amazon links are affiliate links

4:21

Robert Reich: The Military-Industrial Drain

Robert Reich: The Military-Industrial Drain

Robert Reich: The Military-Industrial Drain

Robert Reich why military spending costs America so much money.
Watch More: The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►►
https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY
For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate
Follow Robert Reich:
Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich
Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich
Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/

Supplement Industry is Scamming You

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. Because of this, they can make claims about miracle cures that go unchecked, and that consumers continue to fall for. But journalists have caught on to this scam.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss what’s happening.
This clip is from Ring of Fire. Find more information here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com
Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com
SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com
and
BUY all of your Amazon purchase thru our Amazon affiliate link: http://majorityreportkickback.com
LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport
FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM
SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/SamSeder
WATCH our LIVE show video stream: http://youtube.com/user/MajorityReportLIVE

44:07

Ethical Responsibility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Ethical Responsibility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Ethical Responsibility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ensure a safe, sustainable, and inclusive future for all? Join some of the worlds top experts from business, civil society, and religion for a discussion about the important new ethical questions being raised by technology and how leaders can respond.

OWL Analysis: Unchecked emotions can lose fights

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming complacent or due to losing control of their emotions. In a stunning end to the Stage 2 Semi Finals, the Philadelphia Fusion came away with the win over the LondonSpitfire in Map 5.
However, they didn't play perfectly. The Fusion tend to get a little excited when they have an advantage. Their excitement leads to mistakes that opens the door for the enemy team to make a comeback. In this week's episode of Teamfight Spotlight, we analyze one such fight where the Fusion end up losing a 6v3 situation. Check it out!
ContentCreator: CANAS1AN
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/canas1an
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jwcanas1an
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CANAS1AN
---
For more Tempo Storm:
http://TempoStorm.com
https://twitter.com/Tempo_Storm
http://twitch.tv/team/TempoStorm
https://facebook.com/TempoStormHS
---
Tempo Storm is a global professional esports franchise at the forefront of the industry, leading strategic minds across the vast field of gaming.
Founded by Andrey Yanyuk ("reynad") out of his own pocket, the roster now stands among the most decorated of teams in esports, including championships in world-class tournaments; and features some of the best competitors and broadcast personalities in Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, the Fighting GameCommunity (FGC), League of Legends, and FIFA.

10:07

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!!

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!!

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!!

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!! Believe it or not, the pharmaceutical industry has a few skeletons in their closet. I know…you’re surprised, right? As one of America’s largest industries, it should come as no surprise that pharmaceutical companies can sometimes do some shady things in the name of making more money. Here are ten things you didn’t know about the pharmaceutical industry. Stay tuned to number 1 to find out the marketing tactics they use to subliminally convince YOU to use their medications!
Reform is needed, with all of this corruption! Brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Find out which crazy foods you never knew were Genetically Modified! https://youtu.be/fYZYMESqjf0
Number 10: Unregulated Industry.
Taking a pill, using a cream, or drinking an elixir has been commonplace for centuries, but pharmaceuticals as an industry really only came about around two hundred years ago. In 1818, a chemist named Robert Shoemaker started developing pills and elixirs to help people with common medical issues, such as headaches and body pains. His products caught on quickly, and soon led to many more people developing “cures for what ails ya.”
The only problem? All of this activity went unchecked until the government developed the Federal Drug Administration, or FDA, in 1902. So, for about eighty years, anyone who thought their blend of whisky and rat poison, or…whatever was the cure for chest pains…could sell the stuff and get away with it! No questions asked, not even to determine if it was good whisky. If the FDA regulations don’t seem tough enough today, just imagine living in the pre-FDA days.
Number 9: Not-So Clinical Trials
While many companies publish the results of their clinical trials, some decide not to. I wonder why... An example of this came a few years back when Glasko Smith Kline was forced to publish the results of their clinical trials after their drug Paxil, an SSRI for depression and anxiety, was found to actually RAISE the likelihood of suicide in teens and young adults.
A pill for depression, of all things! After a lengthy court battle, GSK was forced to release the information that they knew the pill wasn’t nearly as effective as they had led the public to believe. This may sound like a victory for the people, but sadly, it’s just one lawsuit, covering one situation. As far as we know, many other companies, even GSK themselves, could have other unreleased clinical trials that we know nothing about. And chances are, we never will.
Number 8: DifferentName…Same PillSometimes product naming can be tough, especially if your company is full of scientists with little interest in fancy naming conventions. “Just call it ‘cash grab’ and let’s move on, already!”
Take ‘Prozac,’ for example. Developed as a pill for depression, the name sounds very professional and scientific. Unfortunately, the company noticed a significant lack of female customers, so they created ‘Seraphim,’ a pink coated version of the exact same pill. Now, it’s not impossible for customers to discover this clever trick, but sadly, this is a common practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Prozac sounds scientific and manly, while Seraphim sounds like the perfect pill for women. And somehow, this is okay.
So, the next time you see two medication ads that seem to be for the same type of pill, they very well may be.
Number 7: Political Lobbying
We’ve officially reached the “financial section” of our list now, and naturally, we’ll start with lobbying. Lobbying, in the most basic sense, is when companies send representative to hang out at the capital in DC to tell the lawmakers why they should pass or repeal certain laws. Usually, the reasoning includes large bags of cash, personally delivered to the hands of the lawmakers.
While many industries perform lobbying, the pharmaceutical takes it to the extreme. Big Pharma companies spent about $232 million in 2012 in political lobbying, alone! That’s far more than any other industry in the nation. With this money, they can get exclusive meetings with top lawmakers, and make “suggestions” of how to vote on upcoming laws, or even pitch a few ideas of their own. And at $232 million per year, maybe this is why the pills cost so much. Which brings me to...
Number 6: No LimitsEver wondered why your prescription costs so much more now than it did a few years ago? Maybe the chemicals in it are more expensive, or the processing costs have risen. Nope. Sometimes they just want more cash. While the FDA regulates many areas of the pharmaceutical industry, it does not touch pricing at all. This also explains why, if you ever talk to a friend who uses the same meds, you quickly discover that one of you is paying way more than the other.
Pricing issues can sometimes be the difference of double or triple the cost for seemingly no good reason, but sometimes the discrepancy is absurd. Take Daraprim for example.

3:25

Hustle in Canada's oil patch: How large oil companies shed millions from their books

Hustle in Canada's oil patch: How large oil companies shed millions from their books

Hustle in Canada's oil patch: How large oil companies shed millions from their books

A booming trade of unprofitable oil and gas wells in Western Canada is allowing companies to evade cleanup costs. Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay to clean it up?
Visit tgam.ca/wells for more (for subscribers).

The "AAA" Industry's Unending Unchecked Greed (SHANK'S TAKE)

The so-called "AAA" industry is fueled by rampant greed. This is unsustainable.
Article: https://www.gamespace.com/no-index-follow/the-aaa-industrys-unending-unchecked-greed/

published: 12 Feb 2018

Safety standards lax in Pakistan's garment industry

One of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters was in a garment factory: a fire that killed nearly 300 people.
Two months later, Al Jazeera's discovered lax safety standards going unchecked in the industry.
In this exclusive report, one owner confessed to Al Jazeera that he is aware that his worker's lives are at risk.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

published: 02 Nov 2012

Unchecked AI Will Bring On Human Extinction, with Michael Vassar

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that could save us is if due caution were observed and a framework installed to prevent such a thing from happening. Yet Vassar makes note that AI itself isn't the greatest risk to humanity. Rather, it's "the absence of social, intellectual frameworks" through which experts making key discoveries and drawing analytical conclusions can swiftly and convincingly communicate these ideas to the public.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://goo.gl/R58APd
FollowBigThink here:
YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink
Transcript: If greater than human artificial general int...

published: 24 Feb 2015

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries!

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the world.
This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Click here to see 10 Mansions That No One Wants To Buy!! https://youtu.be/XASGVgYmRdI
Number 10: Agriculture.
There can be no denying that pesticides and other chemicals used by the agricultural industry pollute the environment. Studies continue to show the negative impact that these chemicals can have on local wildlife and water sources. There is no one single cause of agriculture pollution. Pesticides and fertilizers, contaminated water, soil erosion and sedimentation, and livestock diet and waste requirements can cause health...

published: 16 Dec 2018

Richard Wolff : An Unchecked Profit Motive and the Limits Of Regulation

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
► Join us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any time
AUDIO PODCASTS
► Subscribe today: http://www.thomhartmann.com/podcast
FOLLOW THOM
► AMAZON : http://amzn.to/2hS4UwY
► BLOG : http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom/blog
► FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram/
► INSTAGRAM : http://www.instagram.com/Thom_Hartmann
► PATREON : http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann
► TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/thom_hartmann
► WEBSITE : http://www.thomhartmann.com
► YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thomhartmann
...

published: 27 Mar 2018

Robert Reich: The Military-Industrial Drain

Robert Reich why military spending costs America so much money.
Watch More: The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►►
https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY
For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate
Follow Robert Reich:
Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich
Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich
Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/

Supplement Industry is Scamming You

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. Because of this, they can make claims about miracle cures that go unchecked, and that consumers continue to fall for. But journalists have caught on to this scam.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss what’s happening.
This clip is from Ring of Fire. Find more information here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com
Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com
SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com
and
BUY all of your Amazon purchase thru our Amazon affiliate link: http://majorityreportkickback.com
LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport
FOLLOW us on T...

published: 12 Mar 2015

Ethical Responsibility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ensure a safe, sustainable, and inclusive future for all? Join some of the worlds top experts from business, civil society, and religion for a discussion about the important new ethical questions being raised by technology and how leaders can respond.

OWL Analysis: Unchecked emotions can lose fights

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming complacent or due to losing control of their emotions. In a stunning end to the Stage 2 Semi Finals, the Philadelphia Fusion came away with the win over the LondonSpitfire in Map 5.
However, they didn't play perfectly. The Fusion tend to get a little excited when they have an advantage. Their excitement leads to mistakes that opens the door for the enemy team to make a comeback. In this week's episode of Teamfight Spotlight, we analyze one such fight where the Fusion end up losing a 6v3 situation. Check it out!
ContentCreator: CANAS1AN
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/canas1an
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jwcanas1an
T...

published: 02 Apr 2018

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!!

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!! Believe it or not, the pharmaceutical industry has a few skeletons in their closet. I know…you’re surprised, right? As one of America’s largest industries, it should come as no surprise that pharmaceutical companies can sometimes do some shady things in the name of making more money. Here are ten things you didn’t know about the pharmaceutical industry. Stay tuned to number 1 to find out the marketing tactics they use to subliminally convince YOU to use their medications!
Reform is needed, with all of this corruption! Brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Find out which crazy foods you never knew were Genetically Modified! https://youtu.be/fYZYMESqjf0
Number 10: Unregulated Industry.
Takin...

published: 21 Jan 2018

Hustle in Canada's oil patch: How large oil companies shed millions from their books

A booming trade of unprofitable oil and gas wells in Western Canada is allowing companies to evade cleanup costs. Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay to clean it up?
Visit tgam.ca/wells for more (for subscribers).

One of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters was in a garment factory: a fire that killed nearly 300 people.
Two months later, Al Jazeera's discovered lax safety standards going unchecked in the industry.
In this exclusive report, one owner confessed to Al Jazeera that he is aware that his worker's lives are at risk.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

One of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters was in a garment factory: a fire that killed nearly 300 people.
Two months later, Al Jazeera's discovered lax safety standards going unchecked in the industry.
In this exclusive report, one owner confessed to Al Jazeera that he is aware that his worker's lives are at risk.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

Unchecked AI Will Bring On Human Extinction, with Michael Vassar

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that coul...

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that could save us is if due caution were observed and a framework installed to prevent such a thing from happening. Yet Vassar makes note that AI itself isn't the greatest risk to humanity. Rather, it's "the absence of social, intellectual frameworks" through which experts making key discoveries and drawing analytical conclusions can swiftly and convincingly communicate these ideas to the public.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://goo.gl/R58APd
FollowBigThink here:
YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink
Transcript: If greater than human artificial general intelligence is invented without due caution it is all but certain that the human species will be extinct in very short order. People have written extensively about why it is basically analytically compulsory to conclude that in the default scenario, in the absence of major surprising developments or concerted integrated effort in the long term artificial intelligence will replace humanity.
It’s the natural all but inevitable consequence of greater than human artificial intelligence that it ought to develop what Steve Omohundro has called basic AI drives and basic AI drives basically boils down to properties of any goal directed system. The obedience to the Von Neumann-Morgenstern decision theory suggests that one ought to do the things that you expect to have the best outcomes based on some value function. And that value function uniquely specifies some configuration of matter in the universe. And unless the value function that is built into an AI implicitly uniquely specifies a configuration of matter in the universe that conforms to our values which would require a great deal of planning to make that happen then given sufficient power we should expect an AI to reconfigure the universe in a manner that does not preserve our values. As far as I can tell this position is analytically compelling. It’s not a position that a person can intelligently honestly and reasonably be uncertain about.
Therefore, I conclude that the major global catastrophic threat to humanity is not AI but rather the absence of social, intellectual frameworks for people quickly and easily converging on analytically compelling conclusions. Nick Bostrom who recently wrote the book Superintelligence, Machine Superintelligence I believe was aware of the basic concerns associated with AI risk 20 years ago and wrote about them intelligently in a manner that ought to be sufficiently compelling to convince any thoughtful and open minded person. By ten years ago practically everything that is said in Machine Intelligence had been developed intellectually into a form that a person who was more skeptical and not willing to think for themselves but who was willing to listen to other people’s thoughts and merely critically scrutinize ought to have been convinced by. But instead Bostrom had to spend ten years more becoming the director of an incredibly prestigious institute and writing an incredibly rigorous meticulous book in order to get a still tiny number of people and still a minority of the world essentially most analytically capable people on to the right page on a topic that is from a philosophy perspective about as difficult as Plato’s issues in the Republic about how it’s possible for an object to be bigger than one thing and smaller than another even though bigness and smallness are opposites. We are talking about completely trivial conclusions and we are talking about the world’s greatest minds failing to adopt these conclusions when they are laid out analytically until an enormous body of prestige is placed behind them. [TRANSCRIPT TRUNCATED]
Directed/Produced by JonathanFowler, Elizabeth Rodd, and Dillon Fitton

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that could save us is if due caution were observed and a framework installed to prevent such a thing from happening. Yet Vassar makes note that AI itself isn't the greatest risk to humanity. Rather, it's "the absence of social, intellectual frameworks" through which experts making key discoveries and drawing analytical conclusions can swiftly and convincingly communicate these ideas to the public.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://goo.gl/R58APd
FollowBigThink here:
YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink
Transcript: If greater than human artificial general intelligence is invented without due caution it is all but certain that the human species will be extinct in very short order. People have written extensively about why it is basically analytically compulsory to conclude that in the default scenario, in the absence of major surprising developments or concerted integrated effort in the long term artificial intelligence will replace humanity.
It’s the natural all but inevitable consequence of greater than human artificial intelligence that it ought to develop what Steve Omohundro has called basic AI drives and basic AI drives basically boils down to properties of any goal directed system. The obedience to the Von Neumann-Morgenstern decision theory suggests that one ought to do the things that you expect to have the best outcomes based on some value function. And that value function uniquely specifies some configuration of matter in the universe. And unless the value function that is built into an AI implicitly uniquely specifies a configuration of matter in the universe that conforms to our values which would require a great deal of planning to make that happen then given sufficient power we should expect an AI to reconfigure the universe in a manner that does not preserve our values. As far as I can tell this position is analytically compelling. It’s not a position that a person can intelligently honestly and reasonably be uncertain about.
Therefore, I conclude that the major global catastrophic threat to humanity is not AI but rather the absence of social, intellectual frameworks for people quickly and easily converging on analytically compelling conclusions. Nick Bostrom who recently wrote the book Superintelligence, Machine Superintelligence I believe was aware of the basic concerns associated with AI risk 20 years ago and wrote about them intelligently in a manner that ought to be sufficiently compelling to convince any thoughtful and open minded person. By ten years ago practically everything that is said in Machine Intelligence had been developed intellectually into a form that a person who was more skeptical and not willing to think for themselves but who was willing to listen to other people’s thoughts and merely critically scrutinize ought to have been convinced by. But instead Bostrom had to spend ten years more becoming the director of an incredibly prestigious institute and writing an incredibly rigorous meticulous book in order to get a still tiny number of people and still a minority of the world essentially most analytically capable people on to the right page on a topic that is from a philosophy perspective about as difficult as Plato’s issues in the Republic about how it’s possible for an object to be bigger than one thing and smaller than another even though bigness and smallness are opposites. We are talking about completely trivial conclusions and we are talking about the world’s greatest minds failing to adopt these conclusions when they are laid out analytically until an enormous body of prestige is placed behind them. [TRANSCRIPT TRUNCATED]
Directed/Produced by JonathanFowler, Elizabeth Rodd, and Dillon Fitton

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries!

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the wo...

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the world.
This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Click here to see 10 Mansions That No One Wants To Buy!! https://youtu.be/XASGVgYmRdI
Number 10: Agriculture.
There can be no denying that pesticides and other chemicals used by the agricultural industry pollute the environment. Studies continue to show the negative impact that these chemicals can have on local wildlife and water sources. There is no one single cause of agriculture pollution. Pesticides and fertilizers, contaminated water, soil erosion and sedimentation, and livestock diet and waste requirements can cause health related issues and have an effect on aquatic animals.
In 2016, the Guardian covered a report which stated that farming was the biggest cause of air pollution in Europe. The study at the heart of the 2016 Guardian article takes it a step further by highlighting the industries impact on air pollution. When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from other industries, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue of children and adults, causing breathing difficulties, and impaired lung and heart function…eventually leading premature expiration.
Number 9: Industrial Dumpsites.
It would be hard to put an exact number on the number of industrial dumpsites that exist in the world. Some countries are less forthcoming about the number of the large-scale dumpsites they have. Nevertheless, the polluting impact of these sites are well-known. Both open dumpsites and municipal landfills are used around the world, often containing scrap metal, agricultural waste, hospital and household waste, and chemical waste from industrial processes. The mixture of toxic substances and decaying organic material can impact the soil quality of the areas surrounding a landfill site. Add rain to the mix and the result is a serious contamination of the local ground water.
As a result, they are also the last place anyone would want to live, but unfortunately, as a 2017 study brought to light, around 15 million people live and work within huge municipal dump sites around the world. Many of these people who are born and raised in these environments only have an average life expectancy of around 35 years, and many face multiple health issues associated to pollution from dumpsites.
Number 8: FashionIndustry.
Before we talk about the fashion industy’s environmental impact, take a moment to like this video and join the Zero2Hero community by using the buttons below!
Fashion has been the focus of a lot of attention recently. News articles, websites and blogs have featured pieces about pollution in the fashion industry. In comparison to some of the other entries in this list, fashion is the most unlikely entry on this list. Nevertheless, ‘fast fashion’, is has having a considerable impact on the environment, and in particular, through water pollution.
Since the year 2000, global clothing production has more than doubled in size and, with thousands of new clothes lines a year, consumers are constantly encouraged to buy the newest item. A shocking amount of this ends up in landfill sites. The production and usage of the clothes also causes pollution. The production of clothes requires land for factories, cotton production for material, water and fuel for manufacturing, and there is the potential for lots of toxic chemicals for dyes and so on. Every time we wash them, thousands of plastic fibbers go down the drain and into the rivers, oceans, and according to some recent findings, even into the food chain.
Number 7: Dye Industry.
In close association with fashion, the dye industry is also a significant polluter. We find dyes in paints, textiles, inks, paper and plastics, which we all use every day.
One of the main polluting factors of the dye industries is water pollution which, in turn, has an impact on the local environment and population. The water waste from dye production carries a host of different chemicals. Chromium, lead, mercury, arsenic, as well as a host of other pollutants enter water sources after being directly dumped into surface water without treatment. It won’t take you long online to find photographs from alleged dye factories that run their waste directly into rivers, often causing a visible change in the water. Even without visible change, unchecked dumping of dye water waste has a massive impact on the local environments the factories are based in.
Number 6: ProductManufacturing.
As the developed world gets greedier and everyone else is catching up, more and more consumer products are being created to satisfy an ever-increasing need. This in turn creates a demand for product manufacturing.

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the world.
This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Click here to see 10 Mansions That No One Wants To Buy!! https://youtu.be/XASGVgYmRdI
Number 10: Agriculture.
There can be no denying that pesticides and other chemicals used by the agricultural industry pollute the environment. Studies continue to show the negative impact that these chemicals can have on local wildlife and water sources. There is no one single cause of agriculture pollution. Pesticides and fertilizers, contaminated water, soil erosion and sedimentation, and livestock diet and waste requirements can cause health related issues and have an effect on aquatic animals.
In 2016, the Guardian covered a report which stated that farming was the biggest cause of air pollution in Europe. The study at the heart of the 2016 Guardian article takes it a step further by highlighting the industries impact on air pollution. When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from other industries, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue of children and adults, causing breathing difficulties, and impaired lung and heart function…eventually leading premature expiration.
Number 9: Industrial Dumpsites.
It would be hard to put an exact number on the number of industrial dumpsites that exist in the world. Some countries are less forthcoming about the number of the large-scale dumpsites they have. Nevertheless, the polluting impact of these sites are well-known. Both open dumpsites and municipal landfills are used around the world, often containing scrap metal, agricultural waste, hospital and household waste, and chemical waste from industrial processes. The mixture of toxic substances and decaying organic material can impact the soil quality of the areas surrounding a landfill site. Add rain to the mix and the result is a serious contamination of the local ground water.
As a result, they are also the last place anyone would want to live, but unfortunately, as a 2017 study brought to light, around 15 million people live and work within huge municipal dump sites around the world. Many of these people who are born and raised in these environments only have an average life expectancy of around 35 years, and many face multiple health issues associated to pollution from dumpsites.
Number 8: FashionIndustry.
Before we talk about the fashion industy’s environmental impact, take a moment to like this video and join the Zero2Hero community by using the buttons below!
Fashion has been the focus of a lot of attention recently. News articles, websites and blogs have featured pieces about pollution in the fashion industry. In comparison to some of the other entries in this list, fashion is the most unlikely entry on this list. Nevertheless, ‘fast fashion’, is has having a considerable impact on the environment, and in particular, through water pollution.
Since the year 2000, global clothing production has more than doubled in size and, with thousands of new clothes lines a year, consumers are constantly encouraged to buy the newest item. A shocking amount of this ends up in landfill sites. The production and usage of the clothes also causes pollution. The production of clothes requires land for factories, cotton production for material, water and fuel for manufacturing, and there is the potential for lots of toxic chemicals for dyes and so on. Every time we wash them, thousands of plastic fibbers go down the drain and into the rivers, oceans, and according to some recent findings, even into the food chain.
Number 7: Dye Industry.
In close association with fashion, the dye industry is also a significant polluter. We find dyes in paints, textiles, inks, paper and plastics, which we all use every day.
One of the main polluting factors of the dye industries is water pollution which, in turn, has an impact on the local environment and population. The water waste from dye production carries a host of different chemicals. Chromium, lead, mercury, arsenic, as well as a host of other pollutants enter water sources after being directly dumped into surface water without treatment. It won’t take you long online to find photographs from alleged dye factories that run their waste directly into rivers, often causing a visible change in the water. Even without visible change, unchecked dumping of dye water waste has a massive impact on the local environments the factories are based in.
Number 6: ProductManufacturing.
As the developed world gets greedier and everyone else is catching up, more and more consumer products are being created to satisfy an ever-increasing need. This in turn creates a demand for product manufacturing.

Richard Wolff : An Unchecked Profit Motive and the Limits Of Regulation

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUP...

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
► Join us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any time
AUDIO PODCASTS
► Subscribe today: http://www.thomhartmann.com/podcast
FOLLOW THOM
► AMAZON : http://amzn.to/2hS4UwY
► BLOG : http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom/blog
► FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram/
► INSTAGRAM : http://www.instagram.com/Thom_Hartmann
► PATREON : http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann
► TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/thom_hartmann
► WEBSITE : http://www.thomhartmann.com
► YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thomhartmann
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Thom Hartmann Program is the leading progressive political talk radio show for political news and comment about Government politics, be it Liberal or Conservative, plus special guests and callers
✔ Amazon links are affiliate links

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
► Join us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any time
AUDIO PODCASTS
► Subscribe today: http://www.thomhartmann.com/podcast
FOLLOW THOM
► AMAZON : http://amzn.to/2hS4UwY
► BLOG : http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom/blog
► FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram/
► INSTAGRAM : http://www.instagram.com/Thom_Hartmann
► PATREON : http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann
► TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/thom_hartmann
► WEBSITE : http://www.thomhartmann.com
► YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thomhartmann
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Thom Hartmann Program is the leading progressive political talk radio show for political news and comment about Government politics, be it Liberal or Conservative, plus special guests and callers
✔ Amazon links are affiliate links

Robert Reich why military spending costs America so much money.
Watch More: The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►►
https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY
For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate
Follow Robert Reich:
Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich
Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich
Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/

Robert Reich why military spending costs America so much money.
Watch More: The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►►
https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY
For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate
Follow Robert Reich:
Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich
Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich
Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/

Supplement Industry is Scamming You

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. ...

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. Because of this, they can make claims about miracle cures that go unchecked, and that consumers continue to fall for. But journalists have caught on to this scam.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss what’s happening.
This clip is from Ring of Fire. Find more information here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com
Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com
SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com
and
BUY all of your Amazon purchase thru our Amazon affiliate link: http://majorityreportkickback.com
LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport
FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM
SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/SamSeder
WATCH our LIVE show video stream: http://youtube.com/user/MajorityReportLIVE

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. Because of this, they can make claims about miracle cures that go unchecked, and that consumers continue to fall for. But journalists have caught on to this scam.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss what’s happening.
This clip is from Ring of Fire. Find more information here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com
Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com
SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com
and
BUY all of your Amazon purchase thru our Amazon affiliate link: http://majorityreportkickback.com
LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport
FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM
SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/SamSeder
WATCH our LIVE show video stream: http://youtube.com/user/MajorityReportLIVE

Ethical Responsibility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ...

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ensure a safe, sustainable, and inclusive future for all? Join some of the worlds top experts from business, civil society, and religion for a discussion about the important new ethical questions being raised by technology and how leaders can respond.

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ensure a safe, sustainable, and inclusive future for all? Join some of the worlds top experts from business, civil society, and religion for a discussion about the important new ethical questions being raised by technology and how leaders can respond.

OWL Analysis: Unchecked emotions can lose fights

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming c...

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming complacent or due to losing control of their emotions. In a stunning end to the Stage 2 Semi Finals, the Philadelphia Fusion came away with the win over the LondonSpitfire in Map 5.
However, they didn't play perfectly. The Fusion tend to get a little excited when they have an advantage. Their excitement leads to mistakes that opens the door for the enemy team to make a comeback. In this week's episode of Teamfight Spotlight, we analyze one such fight where the Fusion end up losing a 6v3 situation. Check it out!
ContentCreator: CANAS1AN
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/canas1an
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jwcanas1an
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CANAS1AN
---
For more Tempo Storm:
http://TempoStorm.com
https://twitter.com/Tempo_Storm
http://twitch.tv/team/TempoStorm
https://facebook.com/TempoStormHS
---
Tempo Storm is a global professional esports franchise at the forefront of the industry, leading strategic minds across the vast field of gaming.
Founded by Andrey Yanyuk ("reynad") out of his own pocket, the roster now stands among the most decorated of teams in esports, including championships in world-class tournaments; and features some of the best competitors and broadcast personalities in Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, the Fighting GameCommunity (FGC), League of Legends, and FIFA.

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming complacent or due to losing control of their emotions. In a stunning end to the Stage 2 Semi Finals, the Philadelphia Fusion came away with the win over the LondonSpitfire in Map 5.
However, they didn't play perfectly. The Fusion tend to get a little excited when they have an advantage. Their excitement leads to mistakes that opens the door for the enemy team to make a comeback. In this week's episode of Teamfight Spotlight, we analyze one such fight where the Fusion end up losing a 6v3 situation. Check it out!
ContentCreator: CANAS1AN
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/canas1an
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jwcanas1an
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CANAS1AN
---
For more Tempo Storm:
http://TempoStorm.com
https://twitter.com/Tempo_Storm
http://twitch.tv/team/TempoStorm
https://facebook.com/TempoStormHS
---
Tempo Storm is a global professional esports franchise at the forefront of the industry, leading strategic minds across the vast field of gaming.
Founded by Andrey Yanyuk ("reynad") out of his own pocket, the roster now stands among the most decorated of teams in esports, including championships in world-class tournaments; and features some of the best competitors and broadcast personalities in Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, the Fighting GameCommunity (FGC), League of Legends, and FIFA.

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!! Believe it or not, the pharmaceutical industry has a few skeletons in their closet. I know…you’re surprised, right? As one of America’s largest industries, it should come as no surprise that pharmaceutical companies can sometimes do some shady things in the name of making more money. Here are ten things you didn’t know about the pharmaceutical industry. Stay tuned to number 1 to find out the marketing tactics they use to subliminally convince YOU to use their medications!
Reform is needed, with all of this corruption! Brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Find out which crazy foods you never knew were Genetically Modified! https://youtu.be/fYZYMESqjf0
Number 10: Unregulated Industry.
Taking a pill, using a cream, or drinking an elixir has been commonplace for centuries, but pharmaceuticals as an industry really only came about around two hundred years ago. In 1818, a chemist named Robert Shoemaker started developing pills and elixirs to help people with common medical issues, such as headaches and body pains. His products caught on quickly, and soon led to many more people developing “cures for what ails ya.”
The only problem? All of this activity went unchecked until the government developed the Federal Drug Administration, or FDA, in 1902. So, for about eighty years, anyone who thought their blend of whisky and rat poison, or…whatever was the cure for chest pains…could sell the stuff and get away with it! No questions asked, not even to determine if it was good whisky. If the FDA regulations don’t seem tough enough today, just imagine living in the pre-FDA days.
Number 9: Not-So Clinical Trials
While many companies publish the results of their clinical trials, some decide not to. I wonder why... An example of this came a few years back when Glasko Smith Kline was forced to publish the results of their clinical trials after their drug Paxil, an SSRI for depression and anxiety, was found to actually RAISE the likelihood of suicide in teens and young adults.
A pill for depression, of all things! After a lengthy court battle, GSK was forced to release the information that they knew the pill wasn’t nearly as effective as they had led the public to believe. This may sound like a victory for the people, but sadly, it’s just one lawsuit, covering one situation. As far as we know, many other companies, even GSK themselves, could have other unreleased clinical trials that we know nothing about. And chances are, we never will.
Number 8: DifferentName…Same PillSometimes product naming can be tough, especially if your company is full of scientists with little interest in fancy naming conventions. “Just call it ‘cash grab’ and let’s move on, already!”
Take ‘Prozac,’ for example. Developed as a pill for depression, the name sounds very professional and scientific. Unfortunately, the company noticed a significant lack of female customers, so they created ‘Seraphim,’ a pink coated version of the exact same pill. Now, it’s not impossible for customers to discover this clever trick, but sadly, this is a common practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Prozac sounds scientific and manly, while Seraphim sounds like the perfect pill for women. And somehow, this is okay.
So, the next time you see two medication ads that seem to be for the same type of pill, they very well may be.
Number 7: Political Lobbying
We’ve officially reached the “financial section” of our list now, and naturally, we’ll start with lobbying. Lobbying, in the most basic sense, is when companies send representative to hang out at the capital in DC to tell the lawmakers why they should pass or repeal certain laws. Usually, the reasoning includes large bags of cash, personally delivered to the hands of the lawmakers.
While many industries perform lobbying, the pharmaceutical takes it to the extreme. Big Pharma companies spent about $232 million in 2012 in political lobbying, alone! That’s far more than any other industry in the nation. With this money, they can get exclusive meetings with top lawmakers, and make “suggestions” of how to vote on upcoming laws, or even pitch a few ideas of their own. And at $232 million per year, maybe this is why the pills cost so much. Which brings me to...
Number 6: No LimitsEver wondered why your prescription costs so much more now than it did a few years ago? Maybe the chemicals in it are more expensive, or the processing costs have risen. Nope. Sometimes they just want more cash. While the FDA regulates many areas of the pharmaceutical industry, it does not touch pricing at all. This also explains why, if you ever talk to a friend who uses the same meds, you quickly discover that one of you is paying way more than the other.
Pricing issues can sometimes be the difference of double or triple the cost for seemingly no good reason, but sometimes the discrepancy is absurd. Take Daraprim for example.

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!! Believe it or not, the pharmaceutical industry has a few skeletons in their closet. I know…you’re surprised, right? As one of America’s largest industries, it should come as no surprise that pharmaceutical companies can sometimes do some shady things in the name of making more money. Here are ten things you didn’t know about the pharmaceutical industry. Stay tuned to number 1 to find out the marketing tactics they use to subliminally convince YOU to use their medications!
Reform is needed, with all of this corruption! Brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Find out which crazy foods you never knew were Genetically Modified! https://youtu.be/fYZYMESqjf0
Number 10: Unregulated Industry.
Taking a pill, using a cream, or drinking an elixir has been commonplace for centuries, but pharmaceuticals as an industry really only came about around two hundred years ago. In 1818, a chemist named Robert Shoemaker started developing pills and elixirs to help people with common medical issues, such as headaches and body pains. His products caught on quickly, and soon led to many more people developing “cures for what ails ya.”
The only problem? All of this activity went unchecked until the government developed the Federal Drug Administration, or FDA, in 1902. So, for about eighty years, anyone who thought their blend of whisky and rat poison, or…whatever was the cure for chest pains…could sell the stuff and get away with it! No questions asked, not even to determine if it was good whisky. If the FDA regulations don’t seem tough enough today, just imagine living in the pre-FDA days.
Number 9: Not-So Clinical Trials
While many companies publish the results of their clinical trials, some decide not to. I wonder why... An example of this came a few years back when Glasko Smith Kline was forced to publish the results of their clinical trials after their drug Paxil, an SSRI for depression and anxiety, was found to actually RAISE the likelihood of suicide in teens and young adults.
A pill for depression, of all things! After a lengthy court battle, GSK was forced to release the information that they knew the pill wasn’t nearly as effective as they had led the public to believe. This may sound like a victory for the people, but sadly, it’s just one lawsuit, covering one situation. As far as we know, many other companies, even GSK themselves, could have other unreleased clinical trials that we know nothing about. And chances are, we never will.
Number 8: DifferentName…Same PillSometimes product naming can be tough, especially if your company is full of scientists with little interest in fancy naming conventions. “Just call it ‘cash grab’ and let’s move on, already!”
Take ‘Prozac,’ for example. Developed as a pill for depression, the name sounds very professional and scientific. Unfortunately, the company noticed a significant lack of female customers, so they created ‘Seraphim,’ a pink coated version of the exact same pill. Now, it’s not impossible for customers to discover this clever trick, but sadly, this is a common practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Prozac sounds scientific and manly, while Seraphim sounds like the perfect pill for women. And somehow, this is okay.
So, the next time you see two medication ads that seem to be for the same type of pill, they very well may be.
Number 7: Political Lobbying
We’ve officially reached the “financial section” of our list now, and naturally, we’ll start with lobbying. Lobbying, in the most basic sense, is when companies send representative to hang out at the capital in DC to tell the lawmakers why they should pass or repeal certain laws. Usually, the reasoning includes large bags of cash, personally delivered to the hands of the lawmakers.
While many industries perform lobbying, the pharmaceutical takes it to the extreme. Big Pharma companies spent about $232 million in 2012 in political lobbying, alone! That’s far more than any other industry in the nation. With this money, they can get exclusive meetings with top lawmakers, and make “suggestions” of how to vote on upcoming laws, or even pitch a few ideas of their own. And at $232 million per year, maybe this is why the pills cost so much. Which brings me to...
Number 6: No LimitsEver wondered why your prescription costs so much more now than it did a few years ago? Maybe the chemicals in it are more expensive, or the processing costs have risen. Nope. Sometimes they just want more cash. While the FDA regulates many areas of the pharmaceutical industry, it does not touch pricing at all. This also explains why, if you ever talk to a friend who uses the same meds, you quickly discover that one of you is paying way more than the other.
Pricing issues can sometimes be the difference of double or triple the cost for seemingly no good reason, but sometimes the discrepancy is absurd. Take Daraprim for example.

Hustle in Canada's oil patch: How large oil companies shed millions from their books

A booming trade of unprofitable oil and gas wells in Western Canada is allowing companies to evade cleanup costs. Just a few years after the boom, energy compan...

A booming trade of unprofitable oil and gas wells in Western Canada is allowing companies to evade cleanup costs. Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay to clean it up?
Visit tgam.ca/wells for more (for subscribers).

A booming trade of unprofitable oil and gas wells in Western Canada is allowing companies to evade cleanup costs. Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay to clean it up?
Visit tgam.ca/wells for more (for subscribers).

Safety standards lax in Pakistan's garment industry

One of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters was in a garment factory: a fire that killed nearly 300 people.
Two months later, Al Jazeera's discovered lax safety standards going unchecked in the industry.
In this exclusive report, one owner confessed to Al Jazeera that he is aware that his worker's lives are at risk.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

Unchecked AI Will Bring On Human Extinction, with Michael Vassar

FuturistMichael Vassar explains why it makes perfect sense to conclude that the creation of greater-than-human AI would doom humanity. The only thing that could save us is if due caution were observed and a framework installed to prevent such a thing from happening. Yet Vassar makes note that AI itself isn't the greatest risk to humanity. Rather, it's "the absence of social, intellectual frameworks" through which experts making key discoveries and drawing analytical conclusions can swiftly and convincingly communicate these ideas to the public.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://goo.gl/R58APd
FollowBigThink here:
YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink
Transcript: If greater than human artificial general intelligence is invented without due caution it is all but certain that the human species will be extinct in very short order. People have written extensively about why it is basically analytically compulsory to conclude that in the default scenario, in the absence of major surprising developments or concerted integrated effort in the long term artificial intelligence will replace humanity.
It’s the natural all but inevitable consequence of greater than human artificial intelligence that it ought to develop what Steve Omohundro has called basic AI drives and basic AI drives basically boils down to properties of any goal directed system. The obedience to the Von Neumann-Morgenstern decision theory suggests that one ought to do the things that you expect to have the best outcomes based on some value function. And that value function uniquely specifies some configuration of matter in the universe. And unless the value function that is built into an AI implicitly uniquely specifies a configuration of matter in the universe that conforms to our values which would require a great deal of planning to make that happen then given sufficient power we should expect an AI to reconfigure the universe in a manner that does not preserve our values. As far as I can tell this position is analytically compelling. It’s not a position that a person can intelligently honestly and reasonably be uncertain about.
Therefore, I conclude that the major global catastrophic threat to humanity is not AI but rather the absence of social, intellectual frameworks for people quickly and easily converging on analytically compelling conclusions. Nick Bostrom who recently wrote the book Superintelligence, Machine Superintelligence I believe was aware of the basic concerns associated with AI risk 20 years ago and wrote about them intelligently in a manner that ought to be sufficiently compelling to convince any thoughtful and open minded person. By ten years ago practically everything that is said in Machine Intelligence had been developed intellectually into a form that a person who was more skeptical and not willing to think for themselves but who was willing to listen to other people’s thoughts and merely critically scrutinize ought to have been convinced by. But instead Bostrom had to spend ten years more becoming the director of an incredibly prestigious institute and writing an incredibly rigorous meticulous book in order to get a still tiny number of people and still a minority of the world essentially most analytically capable people on to the right page on a topic that is from a philosophy perspective about as difficult as Plato’s issues in the Republic about how it’s possible for an object to be bigger than one thing and smaller than another even though bigness and smallness are opposites. We are talking about completely trivial conclusions and we are talking about the world’s greatest minds failing to adopt these conclusions when they are laid out analytically until an enormous body of prestige is placed behind them. [TRANSCRIPT TRUNCATED]
Directed/Produced by JonathanFowler, Elizabeth Rodd, and Dillon Fitton

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries!

10 Most Environmentally Damaging Industries! From industrial waste to acid rain…stay tuned to number 1 to find out 10 of the most polluting industries in the world.
This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Click here to see 10 Mansions That No One Wants To Buy!! https://youtu.be/XASGVgYmRdI
Number 10: Agriculture.
There can be no denying that pesticides and other chemicals used by the agricultural industry pollute the environment. Studies continue to show the negative impact that these chemicals can have on local wildlife and water sources. There is no one single cause of agriculture pollution. Pesticides and fertilizers, contaminated water, soil erosion and sedimentation, and livestock diet and waste requirements can cause health related issues and have an effect on aquatic animals.
In 2016, the Guardian covered a report which stated that farming was the biggest cause of air pollution in Europe. The study at the heart of the 2016 Guardian article takes it a step further by highlighting the industries impact on air pollution. When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from other industries, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue of children and adults, causing breathing difficulties, and impaired lung and heart function…eventually leading premature expiration.
Number 9: Industrial Dumpsites.
It would be hard to put an exact number on the number of industrial dumpsites that exist in the world. Some countries are less forthcoming about the number of the large-scale dumpsites they have. Nevertheless, the polluting impact of these sites are well-known. Both open dumpsites and municipal landfills are used around the world, often containing scrap metal, agricultural waste, hospital and household waste, and chemical waste from industrial processes. The mixture of toxic substances and decaying organic material can impact the soil quality of the areas surrounding a landfill site. Add rain to the mix and the result is a serious contamination of the local ground water.
As a result, they are also the last place anyone would want to live, but unfortunately, as a 2017 study brought to light, around 15 million people live and work within huge municipal dump sites around the world. Many of these people who are born and raised in these environments only have an average life expectancy of around 35 years, and many face multiple health issues associated to pollution from dumpsites.
Number 8: FashionIndustry.
Before we talk about the fashion industy’s environmental impact, take a moment to like this video and join the Zero2Hero community by using the buttons below!
Fashion has been the focus of a lot of attention recently. News articles, websites and blogs have featured pieces about pollution in the fashion industry. In comparison to some of the other entries in this list, fashion is the most unlikely entry on this list. Nevertheless, ‘fast fashion’, is has having a considerable impact on the environment, and in particular, through water pollution.
Since the year 2000, global clothing production has more than doubled in size and, with thousands of new clothes lines a year, consumers are constantly encouraged to buy the newest item. A shocking amount of this ends up in landfill sites. The production and usage of the clothes also causes pollution. The production of clothes requires land for factories, cotton production for material, water and fuel for manufacturing, and there is the potential for lots of toxic chemicals for dyes and so on. Every time we wash them, thousands of plastic fibbers go down the drain and into the rivers, oceans, and according to some recent findings, even into the food chain.
Number 7: Dye Industry.
In close association with fashion, the dye industry is also a significant polluter. We find dyes in paints, textiles, inks, paper and plastics, which we all use every day.
One of the main polluting factors of the dye industries is water pollution which, in turn, has an impact on the local environment and population. The water waste from dye production carries a host of different chemicals. Chromium, lead, mercury, arsenic, as well as a host of other pollutants enter water sources after being directly dumped into surface water without treatment. It won’t take you long online to find photographs from alleged dye factories that run their waste directly into rivers, often causing a visible change in the water. Even without visible change, unchecked dumping of dye water waste has a massive impact on the local environments the factories are based in.
Number 6: ProductManufacturing.
As the developed world gets greedier and everyone else is catching up, more and more consumer products are being created to satisfy an ever-increasing need. This in turn creates a demand for product manufacturing.

Richard Wolff : An Unchecked Profit Motive and the Limits Of Regulation

Dr. Richard Wolff describes the "eternal cat and mouse game" of regulation, the profit motive behind escaping those relations and what we can do about it.
SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
► Join us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any time
AUDIO PODCASTS
► Subscribe today: http://www.thomhartmann.com/podcast
FOLLOW THOM
► AMAZON : http://amzn.to/2hS4UwY
► BLOG : http://www.thomhartmann.com/thom/blog
► FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/ThomHartmannProgram/
► INSTAGRAM : http://www.instagram.com/Thom_Hartmann
► PATREON : http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann
► TWITTER : http://www.twitter.com/thom_hartmann
► WEBSITE : http://www.thomhartmann.com
► YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=thomhartmann
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Thom Hartmann Program is the leading progressive political talk radio show for political news and comment about Government politics, be it Liberal or Conservative, plus special guests and callers
✔ Amazon links are affiliate links

Robert Reich: The Military-Industrial Drain

Robert Reich why military spending costs America so much money.
Watch More: The Failure of Trickle-Down Economics ►►
https://youtu.be/cABuFmA3nhY
For more videos like these, be sure to subscribe. If you'd like to support our work, you can do so here: www.inequalitymedia.org/donate
Follow Robert Reich:
Facebook: facebook.com/RBReich
Twitter: twitter.com/RBReich
Instagram: instagram.com/rbreich/

Supplement Industry is Scamming You

Via Ring of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/golefttv
The supplement industry operates with virtually no oversight and no regulations from the federal government. Because of this, they can make claims about miracle cures that go unchecked, and that consumers continue to fall for. But journalists have caught on to this scam.
America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and attorney Howard Nations discuss what’s happening.
This clip is from Ring of Fire. Find more information here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com
Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com
SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com
and
BUY all of your Amazon purchase thru our Amazon affiliate link: http://majorityreportkickback.com
LIKE us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport
FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM
SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/SamSeder
WATCH our LIVE show video stream: http://youtube.com/user/MajorityReportLIVE

Ethical Responsibility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Emerging technologies are greatly improving humanity - but left unchecked can also erode key pillars of society. What ethical responsibility do leaders have to ensure a safe, sustainable, and inclusive future for all? Join some of the worlds top experts from business, civil society, and religion for a discussion about the important new ethical questions being raised by technology and how leaders can respond.

OWL Analysis: Unchecked emotions can lose fights

Keep your emotions in check - or you could end up throwing an entire match. Several teams, even casual competitive players, often lose matches after becoming complacent or due to losing control of their emotions. In a stunning end to the Stage 2 Semi Finals, the Philadelphia Fusion came away with the win over the LondonSpitfire in Map 5.
However, they didn't play perfectly. The Fusion tend to get a little excited when they have an advantage. Their excitement leads to mistakes that opens the door for the enemy team to make a comeback. In this week's episode of Teamfight Spotlight, we analyze one such fight where the Fusion end up losing a 6v3 situation. Check it out!
ContentCreator: CANAS1AN
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/canas1an
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jwcanas1an
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CANAS1AN
---
For more Tempo Storm:
http://TempoStorm.com
https://twitter.com/Tempo_Storm
http://twitch.tv/team/TempoStorm
https://facebook.com/TempoStormHS
---
Tempo Storm is a global professional esports franchise at the forefront of the industry, leading strategic minds across the vast field of gaming.
Founded by Andrey Yanyuk ("reynad") out of his own pocket, the roster now stands among the most decorated of teams in esports, including championships in world-class tournaments; and features some of the best competitors and broadcast personalities in Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, the Fighting GameCommunity (FGC), League of Legends, and FIFA.

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!!

SECRETS of the Pharmaceutical Industry REVEALED!!! Believe it or not, the pharmaceutical industry has a few skeletons in their closet. I know…you’re surprised, right? As one of America’s largest industries, it should come as no surprise that pharmaceutical companies can sometimes do some shady things in the name of making more money. Here are ten things you didn’t know about the pharmaceutical industry. Stay tuned to number 1 to find out the marketing tactics they use to subliminally convince YOU to use their medications!
Reform is needed, with all of this corruption! Brought to you by Zero2Hero!!
Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu
Find out which crazy foods you never knew were Genetically Modified! https://youtu.be/fYZYMESqjf0
Number 10: Unregulated Industry.
Taking a pill, using a cream, or drinking an elixir has been commonplace for centuries, but pharmaceuticals as an industry really only came about around two hundred years ago. In 1818, a chemist named Robert Shoemaker started developing pills and elixirs to help people with common medical issues, such as headaches and body pains. His products caught on quickly, and soon led to many more people developing “cures for what ails ya.”
The only problem? All of this activity went unchecked until the government developed the Federal Drug Administration, or FDA, in 1902. So, for about eighty years, anyone who thought their blend of whisky and rat poison, or…whatever was the cure for chest pains…could sell the stuff and get away with it! No questions asked, not even to determine if it was good whisky. If the FDA regulations don’t seem tough enough today, just imagine living in the pre-FDA days.
Number 9: Not-So Clinical Trials
While many companies publish the results of their clinical trials, some decide not to. I wonder why... An example of this came a few years back when Glasko Smith Kline was forced to publish the results of their clinical trials after their drug Paxil, an SSRI for depression and anxiety, was found to actually RAISE the likelihood of suicide in teens and young adults.
A pill for depression, of all things! After a lengthy court battle, GSK was forced to release the information that they knew the pill wasn’t nearly as effective as they had led the public to believe. This may sound like a victory for the people, but sadly, it’s just one lawsuit, covering one situation. As far as we know, many other companies, even GSK themselves, could have other unreleased clinical trials that we know nothing about. And chances are, we never will.
Number 8: DifferentName…Same PillSometimes product naming can be tough, especially if your company is full of scientists with little interest in fancy naming conventions. “Just call it ‘cash grab’ and let’s move on, already!”
Take ‘Prozac,’ for example. Developed as a pill for depression, the name sounds very professional and scientific. Unfortunately, the company noticed a significant lack of female customers, so they created ‘Seraphim,’ a pink coated version of the exact same pill. Now, it’s not impossible for customers to discover this clever trick, but sadly, this is a common practice in the pharmaceutical industry. Prozac sounds scientific and manly, while Seraphim sounds like the perfect pill for women. And somehow, this is okay.
So, the next time you see two medication ads that seem to be for the same type of pill, they very well may be.
Number 7: Political Lobbying
We’ve officially reached the “financial section” of our list now, and naturally, we’ll start with lobbying. Lobbying, in the most basic sense, is when companies send representative to hang out at the capital in DC to tell the lawmakers why they should pass or repeal certain laws. Usually, the reasoning includes large bags of cash, personally delivered to the hands of the lawmakers.
While many industries perform lobbying, the pharmaceutical takes it to the extreme. Big Pharma companies spent about $232 million in 2012 in political lobbying, alone! That’s far more than any other industry in the nation. With this money, they can get exclusive meetings with top lawmakers, and make “suggestions” of how to vote on upcoming laws, or even pitch a few ideas of their own. And at $232 million per year, maybe this is why the pills cost so much. Which brings me to...
Number 6: No LimitsEver wondered why your prescription costs so much more now than it did a few years ago? Maybe the chemicals in it are more expensive, or the processing costs have risen. Nope. Sometimes they just want more cash. While the FDA regulates many areas of the pharmaceutical industry, it does not touch pricing at all. This also explains why, if you ever talk to a friend who uses the same meds, you quickly discover that one of you is paying way more than the other.
Pricing issues can sometimes be the difference of double or triple the cost for seemingly no good reason, but sometimes the discrepancy is absurd. Take Daraprim for example.

Hustle in Canada's oil patch: How large oil companies shed millions from their books

A booming trade of unprofitable oil and gas wells in Western Canada is allowing companies to evade cleanup costs. Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay to clean it up?
Visit tgam.ca/wells for more (for subscribers).

Industry

Industry is the production of goods or services within an economy. The major source of revenue of a group or company is the indicator of its relevant industry. When a large group has multiple sources of revenue generation, it is considered to be working in different industries. Manufacturing industry became a key sector of production and labour in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, upsetting previous mercantile and feudal economies. This occurred through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the production of steel and coal.

Following the Industrial Revolution, possibly a third of the world's economic output is derived that is from manufacturing industries. Many developed countries and many developing/semi-developed countries (People's Republic of China, India etc.) depend significantly on manufacturing industry. Industries, the countries they reside in, and the economies of those countries are interlinked in a complex web of interdependence.